Tag: Dirt Road Democrats

No Kings, Political & Corporate Corruption, and Populism Is Popular

October 23, 2025 Here’s Episode #153 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-33:00: MAGA Government Shutdown/No Kings/War On Working Class Pat Johnston begins the show talking about his “favorite” MAGA Republican Michigan Congresswoman, Lisa McClain, who’s become the voice of the MAGA Government Shutdown. MAGA Republicans are hoping voters will blame Democrats for the shutdown even…

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Kelli van Ginhoven, Democratic State Senate Candidate on Rebuilding U.P’s Blue Wall

August 21, 2025 Here’s Episode 144 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-16:46: Detroit Politics/Gavin Newsom/MI MAGA Defunding Schools Pat Johnston opens the show discussing some Detroit politics, and he wonders if corporate “independent” gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan will back Democratic Socialist Denzel McCampbell’s campaign to win Detroit’s 7th District on the City Council. Don’t hold…

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Kasey Helton on Why Democrats Must Return To Working Class Roots

Here’s Episode 111 of Michigan’s Premier Progressive Podcast! 00:00-15:36: Democrats Losing Working Class In the opening segment, Pat Johnston talks about how Democrats are losing the working class, and why it’s unconscionable since Trump & MAGA’s policies help only the rich, corporate donor class. Pat highlights how one progressive Michigan Democratic State House Representative won…

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